How to Change Your Email Password

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Changing your email password regularly can protect your email account from hackers and possible identity theft. When changing your password, you should choose a new, strong password that is not used with any other online account, and that contains a minimum of 8 characters comprised of letters, numbers, and symbols. To make your password even more difficult for others to guess,
you should avoid including personal information in your password that you often share with others; such as your birth date, phone number, and the name of your pet or child.

Your Gmail password is the same password for all of Google's products and services, including Drive, YouTube, and Hangouts. If you are logged into any Google services, such as on your mobile phone, you will be prompted to log in with your new password.

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If your email account or client is not mentioned in this article, navigate to your email account settings to change your password. If you cannot determine where in your email account to change your password, contact your email provider for further instruction.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 27 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 313,817 times.